Tony Talks Business

How Gameshows PAYOUT Their Money

A woman wins a $20,000 car on The Price Is Right. Before she can drive it home, she owes about $9,000 in tax. She sells it and walks away with roughly $6,000. The show never paid a cent of that bill, and it never pays the million either.

This is how game shows actually pay out their prizes, and why the winner ends up paying the biggest bill.

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5 October 202621 min
Chapter 23This one is in the bookTony Takes It Back: the traps at the counter, the numbers, and what to say. Plus 29 more businesses.See the book

Chapters

  • 0:00The Prize
  • 2:11The Sponsor
  • 4:25The Budget
  • 5:44The Rules
  • 8:11The Insurer
  • 10:57The Annuity
  • 12:44The Calendar
  • 15:13The Taxman
  • 18:47The Verdict